Permanent wave protector



Feb. 27, S. D WE ER 1,949,096

PERMANENT WAVE PROTECTOR Filed Dec. 19. 1

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INVENTOR 59H U EL DHVI D WEINBEKCYER W W ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 27, 1934 KZNHTED STATES ?ATET @FFEGE signor to E. Frederics, inc, New Yer corporation of New York Application December 19, 1930 Serial No. 503,395

2-0 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a permanent wave protector.

It is general to construct the bodies of permanent wave protectors so that they are of substantial thickness in transverse cross section and to support a curler above the body. This arrangement causes the curler to be at a substantial distance away from the scalp of a person having hair permanently waved. The curl thus starts at a distance about one inch or so, depending upon the size of the device, from the head. It is very desirable that the curl should start much closer to the scalp to add to the beauty of the head-dresses.

It is an object of this invention to construct a permanent wave protector characterized by a body substantially of channel form in transverse cross section so that the curler which receives the hair may drop therein. This arrangement allows the curl to be formed much closer to the scalp.

It is general construction in permanent wave protectors to provide a hinged bar covered with resilient means for forming a steam-tight joint to protect the scalp against steam burns. The resiliency oi the material is depended upon to form the steam-tight joint. Usually the material is of rubber and this disintegrates very rapidly under the action of heat and steam. Leaks are then possible, and this condition is very dangerous in that steam generated by the curler in contact with the wetted hair scorches the scalp and produces a very bad wound. In the past there have been many damage suits for such burns and heavy damages were awarded in that the wounds caused by the burns heal very slowly and the danger is always present that the nerves of the head will be afiected.

It is another object of this invention to provide a steam-proof bar to clamp the hair against one side of the channel shaped body, to include a resilient covering on the bar, and to provide external means for resiliently urging the bar against the side of the channel to form the steam-tight joint. It should be noticed that external resilient means is provided for urging the resilient cover of the bar into its place and this distinguishes materially from the old ways in which the resiliency for the covering itself was depended upon to form the joint.

It is a still further object of this invention to arrange the external resilient means in such a fashion that it takes advantage of the resiliency or" the arms of the channel shape.

A still further object of this invention is to hinge the steam-proof bar at one end upon the outside of one side of the channel body member, to connect a latch bar pivotally on the other end of said bar and to pass said latch bar through slots in both arms of the channel shape, and to pivotally support a clamping cam upon the free end of the latch bar to act against one side of the channel shape for urging the bar along its full length against one side of the channel shape iuider the resiliency of both of the arms of the channel. It is of particular importance that the resiliency depended upon to form the steamtight joint is obtained by the resilient action of the sides of the channel shape in lieu of the resilient covering on the steam bar as is general construction.

A still further object of this invention is to form the arm of the channel which is adjacent the steam bar of convexed shape, and to form the steam bar of V shape adjacent the convexed side so that a direct continued passage exists for the hair as it passes between these parts and around the curler. If these parts were constructed in reverse order, that is, suppose the channel side to be concaved and the bar conveXed, then the path of the hair would be from the scalp inwards towards the scalp, around the convexed side, then outwards as it leaves the convexed side, and then inwards again around the curler itself. The advantage of eliminating such turning is that the hair upon the curler which is receiving heat for curling may be materially closer to the scalp in that the distance of an arc is much smaller than the length of an S shape.

As a further object of this invention it is proposed to construct a catch upon one of the arms of the channel shape which is integral with the arm for engaging against the curler to hold it in place.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a lug integral with one of the sides of the channel body to form a portion upon which the steam bar may be hingedly connected.

And as a still further object of this invention it is proposed to construct a device of the class mentioned which is of simple durable construction, dependable in use and efilcient in action, and which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended suificient to hold the curler in place.

claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming amaterial part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a protector constructed according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view looking from the left hand side of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view looking from the right hand side of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of Fig. 1, but showing the steam-proof bar in its unclamped condition.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of the steam bar taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary enlarged elevational view looking in the direction of the line 6-6 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary enlarged elevational view looking in the direction of the line 77 of Fig. 1.

The permanent wave protector is in the form of a body 10 of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler, indicated by dot and dash lines 11 in Figs. 1 and 2, may be dropped in place therein. The body 10 preferably should be made from sheet metal of the rust proof type. As shown on the drawing, the channel has a flat base 12 and the arms 13 along both sides. A flannel pad 14 is attached along the flat bottom 12 either by glue, sewing or other arrangement, such as the use of lugs stamped from the base portion itself. The flannel pad 14 should be thin so as not to add much height and keep the curler 11 as close to the head as is possible. The pad 14 serves to shield the body from coming in direct contact with the persons head. The ends of the base 12 are cut out and the ends of the pad 14 extend therethrough so as not to project past the ends of the arms 13. The pad ends are attached on the top surface of the base 12 and prevent condensation dripping on ones scalp.

Both arms 13 of the body are arched outwards as may be seen from inspecting Fig. 4. These arched sides engage against the sides of the hair wound upon the curler 11 for aiding in holding the curler in place. The curler 11 may be of any conventional design and construction and as shown on the drawing is formed with enlarged ends 16 formed with serrations so as to be engageable by a catch 17 from the body for maintaining its place on the body. The curler 11 preferably should have an internal heater as is customary. In addition, a catch element is engaged upon the side of the curler, serving to clamp the end of the hair down while the curler is then wound for winding the hair upon itself.

The means 17 for holding the curler 11 within the body is in the form of a lug which projects from one end of one of the arms 13. This lug is bent down to form a hook which is adapted to engage Within the serrations on one of the ends 16. It has been found that one such catch is A second lug 18 projects from the other end of the same arm 13 so that if the user so desires he may bend this lug down to form a hook for supplementing the holding of the curler, but this is not necessary.

A bar 19 with a resilient steam-proof covering 20 is connected at one end upon one of the arms 13 of the channel body. The face of this bar which is adjacent the arm of the channel body is of V shape, as indicated by reference numeral 21. This serves to fit the convexed form of the arm 13. The covering 20 preferably should be a rubber tube and of a size so as to tightly maintain its positon upon the bar so that when the bar is clamped against the channel arm 13, a tight joint will be formed. It should be borne in mind that the use of the protector consists in gathering a group of hair which is to be formed into a curl, then placing the protector with the felt 14 against the scalp, passing the group of hair between the rubber covering 20 and the side of the arm 13 of the channel, and then clamping the arm 19 against the hair and side arm of the channel to form a tight joint which will prohibit the passing of steam down against the scalp of the person. The strand of hair extends from the scalp around the convexed side arm 13 and then continues without changing its direction around the curler 11. Necessarily, the curl commences at but a very short distance from the scalp. If the parts were reversed, that is, if the side 13 were concaved instead of convexed, the hair would take the path of the letter S and this would add more length before the curl starts.

The pivotal connection oi" the bar 19 upon the side 13 is accomplished by the formation of a small slot 22 in the end of the bar and in turndown a portion of the side 13 so as to form a lug 23 which is engaged within the slot 22. Then a rivet 24 is passed through the bar and the lug 23 to form the pivotal joint.

A resilient catch is arranged upon the free end of the bar 19 for urging it against the side arm 13 of the channel body. This catch is in the form of a latch bar 25 which engages at one end in a slot 26 formed in the free end of the oar 19. A rivet 27 is passed through the end of the bar 19 and the end of the latch bar 25 to pivotally connect these parts. A cam 28 is pivotally supported upon the free end of the latch bar 25 and has a projecting handle 29 for its manual operation. The arms 13 of the body are each formed with end slots 30 to allow the passage of the latch bar 25 as clearly shown in Fig. 1, and the free end of the arm 13 which is remote from the bar 19 is slightly concaved as indicated at the point 33. in Fig. 1 to receive the cam 29 for accomplishing the latching.

In operation of the device, the hair is formed into a group which is to be formed into the curl and then the body 10 is placed against the head so that the pad 14 rests on the scalp. Then next the bar 19 is forced tightly against the channel arm 13, and the latch bar 25 passed through the slots 30, and next the handle 29 moved so that the cam 28 acts against the side of the channel arm 3 at the point 31 to clamp the bar 19 in place. Next the free end of the strand of hair is caught by the catch 15 and the 4 curler turned around for winding the strand thereon. After the strand has been fully wound on the curler, the curler is set down into the space between the arms of the body. The catch 17 holds the curler in this position. It should be noticed that as the cam 28 assumes its position, the resilient side arm 13 which is in contact with the steam-proof bar 19 is bent along its full length since it is made of resilient mate rial, and this resiliency acts against the rubber covering to form steam-tight joint. In addition, a large portion of the channel arm 13 which is remote from the bar 19 is also bent and serves to urge the cam 28 outwards communicating a stress upon the latch bar 25 which suppl ments the resilient action of the side 13 remote to the bar 19. In addition to this, the joint is formed steam-tight by the resiliency of the covering 20.

After some use the covering 20 loses a lot of its elasticity due to the heat and the steam, but the joint will still be steam-tight in that the metal is not aiTected by these conditions and will maintain its resiliency and always act to produce stresses to cause the tight joint.

When the protector is first placed against ones scalp during its use, it is cold and subsequently upon being heated up by the internal heater of the curler condensation takes place on its surface. The water thus formed must be kept away from the scalp because in the first place it would be annoying and secondly if it should become heated during the operation of the curler, steam may be generated which would scald the scalp. To prevent the condensed water from running oiT of the protector onto the scalp, the ends of the pad 14 are turned up. Other ways could be used for accomplishing the same purpose, as for example, separate pieces of absorbent material may be attached upon the ends of the protector. Another way would be to bend the ends of the protector upwards and suitably cover these ends with absorbent material.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefor reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:-

l. A'permanent wave protector, comprising a body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in and having upstanding lateral arms, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm.

2. A permanent wave protector, comprising a body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm, said body being formed of resilient metal so that the arms of the channel shape have resiliency.

3. A permanent wave protector, comprising a body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm, the arms of said channel form being convexed outwards for acting against hair upon a curler placed within the body.

4. A permanent wave protector, comprising a body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, and a resilient catch on the other end or" said bar for urging it against the side of arm, the means for holding said curler within the body being in the form or" a catch formed from a lug integral with one of the sides of the channel body and bent into hook shape to engage against serrations formed on the curler.

5. A permanent wave protector, comprising a body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of he arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, and a resflient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm, the side of said bar adjacent one arm of said channel being of substantially V shape and acting against a convexed surface formed on said channel form.

6. A permanent wave protector, comprising a body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm, the side of said bar adjacent one arm of said channel being of substantially V shape and acting against a convexed surface formed on said channel form, one end of said bar being formed with a slot, and a lug being bent on from one of the arms of said channel form and engaging in said slot, and a rivet passes through these parts for constituting the pivotal connection.

'7. A permanent wave protector, comprising a body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in and having upstanding lateral arms, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of said arm, and comprising a catch bar pivotally mounted on said arm, and means for detachably connecting said latch bar onto the remote arm of said channel.

8. A permanent wave protector, comprising a body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm, comprising a latch bar pivctally mounted on the free end of said bar and engageable through slots formed in both of the arms or" the channel form, and a cam pivotally mounted on the free end of said latch bar and engageable against the outer side of the remote arm of the channel 101' bending the arms of the channel to set up resilient stresses to form a tight steam joint between the steam-proof covering on the bar and the side of said body.

9. A permanent wave protector, comprising a metallic body of substantial channel term in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, means for preventing condensation running on the ends of said channel upon ones head, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm.

10. A permanent wave protector, comprising a metallic body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, means for preventing condensation running ofi the ends of said channel upon ones head, comprising absorbent elements across the ends of said channel, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm.

11. A permanent wave protector, comprising a metallic body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, means for preventing condensation running oif the ends of said channel upon ones head, comprising absorbent elements across the ends of said channel, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm, an absorbent pad being attached on the bottom of said body having its ends bent over the ends of said channel to form said absorbent elements.

12. A permanent wave protector, comprising a metallic body of substantial channel form in transverse cross section so that a curler may drop in, means for holding a curler within said body, a bar with a resilient steam-proof covering disposed on the outer side of one of the arms of said channel and pivotally connected at one end on said arm, means for preventing condensation running off the ends of said channel upon ones head, comprising absorbent elements across the ends of said channel, and a resilient catch on the other end of said bar for urging it against the side of arm, an absorbent pad being attached on the bottom of said body having its ends bent over the ends of said channel to form said obsorbent elements, the ends of the base of said channel being cut out so that the bent ends of said pad are within the ends of the side arms of said channel.

13. A permanent wave protector comprising a pair of hingedly-connected members arranged to clamp a longitudinally-extended lock of hair, means adapted to draw said members into tightly closed relationship, and a resilient metallic element adapted to be tensioned by said drawing action so that the tress of hair is yieldedly clamped.

14. A permanent wave protector comprising a pair of hingedly-connected members arranged I to clamp a longitudinally-extended lock of hair, cam means carried by one of said members and adapted to draw said members into tightly closed relationship, and a resilient metallic element on the other of said members adapted to be tensioned by said drawing action so that the lock of hair is yieldedly clamped.

15. A permanent wave protector comprising a pair of hingedly-connected members arranged to clamp a longitudinally-extended lock of hair, one of said members carrying an upstanding resilient flange at its inner edge and the other of said members being adapted to bear against said flange, and means to draw said members together to flex said resilient flange so that the lock of hair is firmly held.

16. A permanent wave protector comprising a pair of hingedly-connected members arranged to clamp a longitudinally-extended lock of hair, one of said members carrying a resilient element at its outer edge and the other of said members carrying a cam element adapted to bear against said resilient element to fiex the same while drawing said members tightly together so that the lock of hair is yieldably held.

1'7. A permanent wave protector comprising a pair of hingedly-connected members arranged to clamp a longitudinally-extended lock of hair, one of said members carrying an upstanding resilient flange at its inner edge and a resilient element at its outer edge, and a cam member carried on the other of said members and adapted to press against said resilient element to draw said members together to flex said resilient flange and said resilient element so that the lock of hair is firmly held.

18. A permanent wave protector comprising a pair of hingedly-connected members arranged to clamp a longitudinally-extended lock of hair, one of said members providing a support for a curling rod and having a convex inner longitudinal edge and the other of said members having a concave inner longitudinal edge.

19. A permanent wave protector comprising a pair of hingedly-connected members arranged to clamp a longitudinally-extended lock of hair, one of said members providing a support for a curling rod and having a convex inner longitudinal edge and the other of said members having an inner longitudinal edge of greater concavity than the convexity of said convex edge and being provided with a resilient covering so that a lock of hair is clamped between said covering and said convex edge.

20. A permanent wave protector comprising a body of substantially channel shape, a bar coopcrating with said body to clamp a longitudinally spread lock of hair, and means for preventing condensation from running off the ends of said channel onto the head of a subject.

SAMUEL DAVID WEINBERGER. 

